Thank you for everyones insight. I learned a few things, mainly, RADB
is not a valid source of authenticating rights to IP blocks, RIRs and
Arin still trump RADB for legacy blocks. I also didn't think to check
all the other RIR's whois databases. Just did that, and it didn't turn
anything up.
If the customer can't update the Arin info to make it look legit, then
its a no-go and I wont accept their BGP prefixes and their business.
At that point, I'll probably also send a friendly email to Arin with
the /16 in question and they can take a closer look at it to see if
any action should be taken.
On a side note, the /16 in question is currently in the global BGP
table, but... the two AS's it originates from are also "fishy" and
suspect - i.e. outdated POC's, etc.,..
Thanks
John
On May 3, 2012, at 2:53 PM, Jesse D. Geddis wrote:
> RADB isn't a valid source. Anyone can create the objects. This
> sounds like
> a network engineer that found himself still the Tech POC on address
> space
> for a defunct company. Emailing his POC would not show anything of
> use.
>> Thank you Heather. It seems like the obvious sometimes needs to be
> pointed
> out. Anyway, it seems like this thread may have run it's course.
> Personally, I wouldn't even follow up with this customer since it's
> crystal clear what's going on but then I don't deal in circuits that
> small. However, one would assume getting tangled up in a mess like
> that
> when working on the smaller scale would have a much larger financial
> impact (not to mention reputation)
>> --
> Jesse D. Geddis
> LA Broadband LLC
>>>> On 5/3/12 11:39 AM, "Robert Marder" <ram at robertmarder.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> On 2012-05-03 13:12, Scott Leibrand wrote:
>>> As I understand it, any paying RADB customer can register route
>>> objects for any route they like, as long as no one else has already
>>> done so. So I don't think RADB tells you much about the proper
>>> holder of a block whose original registrant is now defunct.
>>>> Yes, I believe this is the case.
>>>> In any event, IANA/ARIN and the other RIRs are the authority on who
>> controls a given IP block, not Merit.
>>>> Your customer should contact ARIN with proof that the previous org
>> still exists as a legal entity and they are the owners and have
>> authority to change POC records, and then they should subsequently
>> get
>> the POC records updated, or if it doesn't, that it was sold/merged
>> into
>> a new org, and get the space assigned to a new OrgID.
>>>> The way I would verify a case like this, since the names are
>> different,
>> would be to email the Tech POC and confirm that they have
>> authorized you
>> to announce their space. If you get a positive reply from that, then
>> combined with a signed LOA from your customer, that should be enough
>> verification for both you and your transit carriers.
>>>> If you want to stick to your guns, you should inform your customer
>> you
>> were unable to verify that the IP space belongs to them, and for
>> them to
>> contact ARIN to fix the POC records associated with it.
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